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Under de constitution, Cabinet ministers are appointed after de sewection of de Prime Minister. A majority of de Cabinet, incwuding de Prime Minister, must be members of de Diet, and aww members must be civiwians. Under de Cabinet Law, de number of Cabinet Ministers (excwuding de Prime Minister) must be fourteen or wess, but dis may be increased to nineteen if a speciaw need arises. In de event dat de Cabinet cowwectivewy resigns it continues to exercise its functions untiw de appointment of a new Prime Minister. Whiwe dey are in office, wegaw action may not be taken against Cabinet ministers widout de consent of de Prime Minister. The Cabinet must resign en masse in de fowwowing circumstances:

Upon de first convocation of de Diet after a generaw ewection to de House of Representatives (even if de same Prime Minister is to be re-ewected and appointed, and every oder minister is to be reappointed).

When de position Prime Minister becomes vacant, or de Prime Minister decwares his intention to resign, uh-hah-hah-hah.

The Cabinet exercises two kinds of power. Some of its powers are nominawwy exercised by de Emperor wif de binding "advice and approvaw" of de Cabinet. Oder powers are expwicitwy vested in de Cabinet. Contrary to de practice in many constitutionaw monarchies, de Emperor is not even de nominaw Chief Executive. Instead, de Constitution expwicitwy vests executive audority in de Cabinet. Hence, nearwy aww of de day-to-day work of governing is done by de Cabinet.

In practice, much of de Cabinet's audority is exercised by de Prime Minister. Under de Constitution, de Prime Minister exercises "controw and supervision" over de executive branch, and no waw or Cabinet order can take effect widout de Prime Minister's countersignature (and de Emperor's promuwgation). Whiwe Cabinet Ministers in most oder parwiamentary democracies deoreticawwy have some freedom of action (widin de wimits of cabinet cowwective responsibiwity), de Japanese Cabinet is effectivewy an extension of de Prime Minister's audority.

A pauwownia fwower pattern is routinewy considered to be a symbow of de Japanese prime minister and cabinet.

Minister of Economy, Trade and IndustryMinister of State for Industriaw CompetitivenessMinister of State for Economic Cooperation wif RussiaMinister of State for de Response to de Economic Impact Caused by de Nucwear Accident at FukushimaMinister of State for de Nucwear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Faciwitation Corporation

Minister for Promoting Dynamic Engagement of Aww CitizensMinister of State for Administrative ReformMinister of State for Civiw Service ReformMinister of State for Territoriaw IssuesMinister of State for Okinawa and Nordern Territories AffairsMinister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food SafetyMinister of State for Measures for de Decwining BirdrateMinister of State for Ocean Powicy

Minister of State for Information Technowogy PowicyMinister of State for de Coow Japan StrategyMinister of State for Intewwectuaw Property StrategyMinister of State for Science and Technowogy PowicyMinister of State for Space Powicy

Hunter, Janet (1984). Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. Berkewey and Los Angewes: University of Cawifornia Press, pp. 266–324, Appendix 5: Japanese Cabinets Since de Introduction of de Cabinet System in 1885 [to 1980].